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      03-22-2009, 07:28 AM   #4
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Review comparison E85/E89

I have found a review of someone who says he has driven an E89 in Spain last week. The best of all is, he owns a 3.0 E85 with m-tech suspension. So a nice reference point to start.

It's written in German...
http://www.zroadster.com/forum/bmw_z...o_f%E4hrt.html


I have tried to translate the ‘Chassis and handling‘ paragraph so accurate as possible.
An interesting part :Chassis and handling

Now the part surprising for me. The new Z4’s suspension has become clearly more comfortable and targets a different kind of driver. But the sportiness did not suffer from it. The corning speed is very high. The Z4 remains always neutral, no under-steers at all. Even the moment I entered a U turn a little too fast, the car never pushed the front axle in under steer. The steering element fits: Precise, beautiful feedback - in addition, less difficult to operate than the old one. Again softly, like the whole car. The test driven car was equipped with the adaptive chassis option. The sDrive settings normal, sport and Sport+ differ however only in nuances. These have nearly no noticeable influence on the handling of the car. The only disadvantage of the new one with DKG: Getting the car into a drift is quite difficult. I have no idea what causes this, but one thing is clear. The new E89 one has more traction than the E85. The DKG seems to contribute to this also. In my opinion, my E85 is better suited to drift.

His verdict:
The new Z4 is in nearly in all areas a better car in comparison to a E85. The chassis is really fantastic (even with the extra >100 Kg). The twin turbo is a dream and the DKG makes it even more perfect.

Thanks to author, FastWriter of http://www.zroadster.com.
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